No, it's true, that IS the worst Prime mold ever. It is, however, the best Thunderclash mold I've seen yet!

Super_Megatron

I actually like Machine Wars toys, I need to get more of them.

Grimlock_13

Damn that would have been a cool release. I'm totally an articulation guy when it comes to toys, but there's something about the Machine Wars molds that were released in Universe that I totally dig.

shibamura_prime

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Originally Posted by cobra zartan

Lies that mold rocks!

Ditto. I would've loved to have seen this in production.

soundwaveCA

I like his vehicle mode but I'm not particularly impressed with his bot mode.

RandomFerret

Thunderclash does not have a bot mode. Thunderclash is a kickass missile launcher with some little robot thing you attach to it.

That's the way I've always felt about it, anyway.

It is a tragedy that this was never released. It would have made up for the neutering of Machine Wars Prime.

Robogeek28

Meh, the mold does nothing for me, I like articulation with my TFs.

Foster

I like the mold but it's best in the MW colors. And it's best kept in the past.

Bryan

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Originally Posted by Super_Megatron

I actually like Machine Wars toys, I need to get more of them.

Hands down my favorite line.

Wish they'd kept the missile launchers, though.

But that color scheme is...well, I like the homage.

Mutt12

Reminds me of Powermaster Prime.

Razorclaw

I like this mold in any incarnation. My brother used to have Thunderclash, I need to get another just for the sake of having it.

Brodimus Prime

Yeah, terrible Prime, but Thunderclash is kick ass! I like the homage to Menasor/Motormaster. I do wish that ole 'Clash had more articulation in bot mode, but it's still a sweet toy. I'm a sucker for simply transformations.

Bendimus Prime

I put him on my Watch list. If he stays around $550-600 I might pick him up.

Stormcrow

Looks cool in vehicle mode. Robot mode is total failure.

Rodr-Evil

I like that mold a lot, painted as Motormaster would be awesome, the original colors are like crap.

Railguard

is this person nuts? 500 dollars? they toy looks kick ass but damn thats a lot for a toy. god bless the person that buys that thing.

Smasher

That's one universe toy I would have bought.

Crobot91

They should re-paint that mold as Orion Pax - would work very well IMO...

Darkspeed

The colour scheme is really suited for the mold... I can't see why it was canned in the first place, it would have made a great display piece.

But I'm defiantely not too sure about the price... ^^;

Ktulu

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Originally Posted by fosterlager

I like the mold but it's best in the MW colors. And it's best kept in the past.

Fo shiz

The color scheme definitely doesn't look final - but then....it was gonna be a Universe toy, so uh, no telling really

Smasher

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Originally Posted by Ktulu

Fo shiz

The color scheme definitely doesn't look final - but then....it was gonna be a Universe toy, so uh, no telling really

Chances are they would have added more purple and neon green.
(Looks at Universe Optimus Primal... )

Ramrider

Much as it was the worst Prime mould there's been (with the possible exception of the Gobot), I think it makes a much better Menasor (or Motormaster). It could have been improved, though, by using the Thunder Clash version, though - the gravity-feed missile launchers are one of its best and most unique features!

Switchblade

Pity that never saw the light of day, I've wanted this mold for years and would've snapped him up in a heartbeat.

butz

I actually really liked the Machine Wars release of it; only thing that really dragged it down was the incredibly limited articulation in bot mode.

Neo-Bombshell

I think that the mold is not so bad after all, but his worst problem is that the trailer can not pivot with the truck.

i didn't count those, cuz he can grab them from all sorts of lines lol... so i didn't bother to mention them.

Rotorstorm

i love the way his information is wrong, it's likewhenpeople do artwork of MW Sandstorm, where's the Rotorstorm and Thunderclash love, even Dreamwave didn't introduce them along with the rest of the Turbomasters

Elvin Pena

Never had any issues with the mold, really. If I had to choose I definitely like it better in vehicle mode than bot mode. Nice proto.

Hiro Prime

Wow...

Can that mold not get a good paint job? Really. OP could have been good but for the army green. Thunderclash could have been better if not for the pink. This version would have been the absolute worst of the three.

RandomFerret

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Originally Posted by Red leader

I like to refer to machine wars as simply ''brick wars'' it was that bad, I guess the guys at hasbro were having a really bad week when these guys were made

All the toys designed for machine wars were ball-jointed. It was an experiment in making vehicle-mode transformers with BW-era articulation.

Optimus Prime

Christ on a bike, $500...and the reserve isn't met?
I doubt anyone'll want it for that much. It's not a figure that we really missed out on.

butz

Ball joints = unarticulated bricks.

Dolza_Khyron

personally, i liked MW toys, better then BM toys, even if they WERE bricks, there was still enough fun in each toy, even if they were robed from their european weapons, they were still fun to play with, plus they fit nicely with both the G1 and G2 molds, in display.